Editors of the AO Surgery Reference

The AO Surgery Reference is a high-quality resource that delivers contemporaneous information to a worldwide audience.

Quality assurance is maintained by:

• Editorial supervision
• Contributions from international authors who are key opinion leaders with recognized clinical experience and an established teaching portfolio
• A consensus-building peer-review process
• Education taskforce endorsement

Editors are responsible for:

• Development of the service/platform
• Nominating executive editors and authors
• Supervising content creation and revision 
  
• Ensuring consistency of style and content

Dr Michael Baumgaertner (Editor)
Department of Orthopedics
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, USA

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Simon M Lambert (Editor)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Princess Grace Hospital
Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at University College London Hospital
London, United Kingdom

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Dr Markku T Nousiainen (Editor)
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Holland Centre
Toronto, Canada

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Dr Fergal Monsell (General Editor)
Bristol Childrens Hospital
Consultant
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Bristol, United Kingdom

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Dr James Hunter (Executive Editor)
Queen's Medical Centre
Consultant Trauma and Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Prof Dr Luiz Vialle (General Editor)
Department of Orthopedics- Spine Unit
Catholic University
Curitiba, Brazil

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Prof Dr Daniel Buchbinder (General Editor)
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, USA

Prof Dr Amy Kapatkin (Executive editor)
Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences
University of California
Davis, USA

Prof Dr Matthew J Allen (Executive editor)
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK

Prof Dr Jörg Auer (Executive editor)
Joint surgery (Arthroscopy, Trauma surgery, Deformities correction, Craniomaxillofacial surgery, Reconstructive surgery)
Retired
Lenzburg, Switzerland

Prof Dr Noël Moens (General editor)
Department of Clinical Studies
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada

Prof Dr Frank Verstraete (General editor)
Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences
University of California
Davis, USA

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Dr Aldo Vezzoni (General editor)
Clinica Veterinaria Vezzoni srl
Cremona, Italy

Prof Dr Richard E Buckley (Editor 2015–2021)
Department of Surgery, Section of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada

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Prof Dr Christopher L Colton (Editor –2013)
University of Nottingham
Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Steve Krikler (Editor 2013–2019)
Kenilworth, United Kingdom

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Prof Dr Joseph Schatzker (Editor –2017)
Sunnybrook HSC
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Dr Peter Trafton (Editor –2015)
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, USA